News Release

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March 10, 2006

�Trudell' to Play at Boise State as Part of Diverse Perspective Series

Boise State University will host a screening of the film Trudell at 5:30 p.m. March 21 in the Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room and at 5:30 p.m. March 22 at BSU West. The movie, which is part of the Community Cinema: Diverse Perspectives Series, is free and open to the public. Free parking will be available at both locations, and light refreshments will be served.

Trudell focuses on John Trudell, an American Indian activist and poet. Trudell has been active in the American Indian Movement and was AIM�s president from 1973 to 1979. His music and poetry have been praised by artists including Bob Dylan and magazines such as Rolling Stone.

The film was made by Heather Rae, an adjunct faculty member at Boise State who grew up in Idaho and spent six years as the head of the Native Program at the Sundance Institute. Rae has produced nearly 20 films, but Trudell was her directing debut. The film was critically acclaimed at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and has since been shown in theaters across the country since then.

After the screening, Rae will talk about Trudell�s work and his relationship to contemporary American Indian society. She also will discuss the making of the documentary, which she began in 1992.

Community Cinema: Diverse Perspectives is a community engagement project in its second year. It is a partnership between Boise State, Idaho Public Television and the Independent Television Service. Films are selected from the public television series Independent Lens that airs on Idaho Public Television at 10 p.m. each Tuesday.

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Contact: Lynn Allen, Independent Television Service, (208) 345-4453, xyzallen@cableone.net
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and public service.

 

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